The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’ is to have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share your thoughts as a comment. Come back next week to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is…

Keys

I have often noticed if one looks at things to closely they can miss what the item really is, but then again if one only look at the big picture, they can miss the important details. It is also often easy to get swayed by what someone else thinks.

I saw this guy out near where I work. I guess he stayed out too late to get back to the cave before morning. He was found behind the trash bin and was moved to a rock wall so he wouldn’t get squashed.

And this beauty showed up in the front yard. I guess he is big enough the dog thinks he is some kind of invader, the barking is what made me look out the window. This photo was taken through the glass.

This photo surprised me. In all the times I have photographed hummingbirds, I have never gotten one in this pose before.

I had fun at the bat study party, it was nice to meet some of the other people in the study.
more about the study http://mostlyphotos.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/bat-night-2011/

more of my bats http://mostlyphotos.wordpress.com/category/animals/bat/

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’ is to have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share your thoughts as a comment. Come back next week to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is…

triscuit cracker

I have often noticed if one looks at things to closely they can miss what the item really is, but then again if one only look at the big picture, they can miss the important details. It is also often easy to get swayed by what someone else thinks.

Outside the front window I have a hummingbird feeder hanging. This past weekend the hummers seemed very hungry. It is so much fun to watch them through the window. These photos were taken through the window.

Here is the white (leucistic) hummingbird. She has become much more bold and now chases off other birds if she is at the feeder.

We found this lovely lady on the porch last week while moving a table.

My husband relocated it far out into the yard.

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’ is to have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share your thoughts as a comment. Come back next week to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is…

Celery

I have often noticed if one looks at things to closely they can miss what the item really is, but then again if one only look at the big picture, they can miss the important details. It is also often easy to get swayed by what someone else thinks.

The other day this crow flew up with a piece of dog food in his/her mouth.

Suddenly he jumped down from the top of the pole onto this ledge.

He proceeded to hold the dog food with his foot while he pounded on it with his beak to break it into small enough pieced to eat. Odd sight to watch and very interesting.

Protecting his territory.

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

acorn squash

I have noticed often if you looks at things to closely you become lost, but then again if you only look at the big picture, you miss the important details. Perhaps we need to gather information from both the ‘detail” and the “big picture” in order to fully understand.

To see other people play this game on my other blog and their guesses go to
http://www.blogster.com/margar3t/guess-what-this-is-if-you-can-1 (for last weeks photo)
and http://www.blogster.com/margar3t/guess-what-this-is-easy (for this weeks photo)

They are taking over my hummingbird feeders.

Oh well they won’t drink that much.

More hummingbirds today. They seem to be the most available thing to photograph.

This would have been an awesome shot had the bird only been in focus. Oh well, better luck next time I suppose.

I wanted to post something that was not a hummingbird today. I came up with this… I think it is a thrasher.

I like his eye. :)

She comes by almost every day now.
First seen here http://mostlyphotos.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/white-hummingbird/

She is leucistic. Leucism is a genetic mutation that prevents melanin from being deposited normally on feathers. Leucistic individuals have melanin in the body, giving dark eyes and colored soft parts, but the melanin does not enter the feather structure and the plumage is white, whereas albinistic individuals lack melanin in the body as well as the plumage.

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

Water glass with water, from the top… this photo actually looks harder than the photo I posted to guess on. :)

I have noticed often if you looks at things to closely you become lost, but then again if you only look at the big picture, you miss the important details. Perhaps we need to gather information from both the ‘detail” and the “big picture” in order to fully understand.

The “pin eyes” are a little bit BIG, I am still working on the eyes but you get the idea. Also I have used toothpicks and nails as beaks. I am not really happy with either but it is a work in progress and any ideas are much appreciated.

Ok here are the pieces you will need… only 3. :)

I cut the under belly out of white, the gorget (throat) out of red and the rest out of green felt.

First I sewed together the little slits that help make the birds head point down.

Then I lay the gorget (throat) on top of the the white felt that is sewn to the little birds head. (I know this makes no sense but as you look at the other photos it will all fall into place and make sense… I hope)

The green white under part is sandwiched between the gorget and the green bird’s head. All are stitched together.

Once this is all sewn down one side, just go on sewing the white under belly to the green, lining up the white with an imaginary line that makes the body.

Once you get to the tail (try to make sure you center the point in at the end of the underbelly to the center of the tail) sew up the other side up to the wing. Now is the time to stuff some cotton balls in there. I put one in at this time, sew a little more, maybe up to the top of the wing and add more cotton balls. Keep in mind this bird is little so if you wait until the end to stuff it, you are going to have a hard time getting the stuffing in.

Here I am sewing up the the under belly with cotton already stuffed in along the wing (remember the imaginary line that makes the body). Believe me it is a lot easier to see in real life than in my photos.

See, everything makes perfect sense now. LOL. At this point I stuff in another cotton ball for the head. I try to make sure no cotton goes in the neck area since this will fold down some to make the bird look less like a torpedo with wings and more like a bird.

On this bird I had the “great idea” of using a little nail for the beak. I have also used toothpicks. I think the toothpick makes a better beak. I color it black with a marker before inserting. I have put the beak in last but it is hard to get it past all that cotton so it might be a good idea to insert it now, then sew up this side making sure you push in the cotton as you go.

Here we are all sewed up. Now to get the head to point down a bit. I bend the head down and push the gorget (throat) AKA red felt down on to the belly and sew it down, this holds the head down in a more”‘hummingbird manor”

Then I stich across adjusting the gorget as necessary.

I then do a few stitches across the wings and into the back to keep the wings up. I don’t think you would have to do this if you had thick felt but I used felt squares to cut my pieces from and ‘felt squares’ are not what they used to be. The material seems quite thin compared to felt from years gone past.

So here is is pretty much done. The only thing left to do is to decide where to put your hanging loop. For this take a stitch somewhere on the back of the bird and hold the thread, see if the bird is facing the way you like… if not move your stitch until the bird hangs as you like, make a loop and tie it off. I used pins for eyes but I am sure there is something better to use. You cold also add glitter or sequins on the gorget to make it shimmer.

A hummingbird to go with my felt mouse… not that a hummingbird goes with the felt mouse but it is in the same idea http://mostlyphotos.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/felt-mouse-ornament/

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

orchid

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Going for an easier one here since the last few seem to have been really hard. Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

Camera SD Memory Card. I thought this one was going to be guessed by the first guesser with all the photographers out there. Guess What This Is… is always one thing, a surprise. Thanks to every one that played and guessed.

I have noticed often if you looks at things to closely you become lost, but then again if you only look at the big picture, you miss the important details. Perhaps we need to gather information from both the ‘detail” and the “big picture” in order to fully understand.

The cool weather seems to have brought in more hummingbirds. The photo above is our resident hummer. He normally sits in a palo verde tree just outside the wall to guard the feeder from any other bird that tries to stop in for a drink. He has his work cut out for him this time of year, because of the winter visitors.

This year he has a lady friend that he lets drink from the feeder. Sometimes they both in the palo verde tree near each other.

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

Milkbone dog biscuit (I actually thought this was going to be an easy one due to the letters on the dog biscuit but I was wrong)

I have noticed often if you looks at things to closely you become lost, but then again if you only look at the big picture, you miss the important details. Perhaps we need to gather information from both the ‘detail” and the “big picture” in order to fully understand.
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Here she is. She has been hanging around quite a bit lately.

I think our resident male is getting used to her, he no longer chases her off.

Maybe we will see some baby hummingbirds this spring… if we are lucky.

Though he is going nuts chasing off all the males the cool weather has brought in lately.

“May you begin this day with a smile on your face, and with happiness for your soul to embrace.” – Unknown

The idea is of ‘Guess what this is’, is to see things in a new way and maybe have some fun. Sometimes the guess is right, sometimes wrong but my favorite part is when someone makes a creative, unexpected or funny guess.

So if you would like to play take a look at the photo at the top of the page and make a guess on what you think it is. Please share you guess or a creative or funny comment. Come back next week on to see the answer and a new photo to guess on. There are no prizes :) just fun.

Here is this weeks photo… Guess what this is!

The answer to last weeks post is

tarnished silver forks

I have noticed often if you looks at things to closely you become lost, but then again if you only look at the big picture, you miss the important details. Perhaps we need to gather information from both the ‘detail” and the “big picture” in order to fully understand.
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I put out some seeds for the birds over the long holiday weekend and this little house finch came by to sit for a while.